Today we’re featuring Imperia, a fantasy, Asian gothic novel by author Jason Hatcher. I wanted to review this book because I was intrigued by the whole “Asian gothic” vibe, but I just didn’t think I could finish it in time for this book blast, plus I have a couple of books I need to finish this month. Waah.
Anyway, enough about me and on to this intriguing novel! Read more about the book below and enter the giveaway at the end of this post.
About the book
IMPERIA is a tale of revenge. It is a resurrection of Asian myth. It is fantasy’s untold story.
Thirty years is a long time to hold a grudge. The Red Empress has endured every single day of the past three decades living among enemies. A captive empress, she bides her time, her mind’s machinations plotting a future bathed in blood.
And then the waiting ends. Across the Empire of Heaven, the winds blow calmly no more. Evil battles evil in a fight for destiny itself. When a vendetta escalates into revolution, the Empress must choose between herself and something far greater.
Incorporating elements of fantasy, horror, and erotica, Hatcher creates a world as dark and hypnotic as an opium dream.
About the bookRead an Excerpt
After bathing in a tub filled with orchid blossoms, she sat down at the vanity. As she gripped the comb and held it by her head, she felt its teeth scratch her scalp, and she realized that her hand was trembling. Even as her body cooled and dried, that place below felt like a cauldron boiling over.
The bedroom door creaked open then and Fei Sei gasped aloud. “Who is there?!” she shrieked, only to turn and find a Silongese maidservant staring back at her in terror. “I have all I need, thank you,” Fei Sei muttered, exhaling a long sigh of relief. The girl vanished. Fei Sei turned back to the vanity mirror, making sure the water-colored dressing robe was closed around her body. She silently thanked the gods that her thick black hair had begun to grow back. It fell close enough to her chin that she no longer resembled a boy. Swollen nipples poking the surface of her weightless linen robe left no doubt whatsoever that she was female.
“I prepared the room for you myself,” a deep, male voice from somewhere behind her began to speak. She dropped the bottle of perfume from her hands. It shattered on the floor. “I chose the color of the shallow sea so that your surroundings here may comfort you.”
Fei Sei remained seated at the vanity with her back to the door. She could not summon the courage to turn around. In the vanity mirror, she could see the reflection of his bare arm, so thick with muscle and tanned to the color of red clay. A bit of his sash showed, too: a sleeveless tunic, black and gold.
About the Author
Originally from Pensacola, Florida, Jason Hatcher attended the International Baccalaureate senior high school program, then went on to study Japanese and English literature at the University of Florida. He attended law school in Boston, and worked as an attorney in New York City for eight years. A lifelong lover of Asia, he spent much of his childhood in Japan. He speaks, reads, and writes Japanese, and has traveled extensively throughout that part of the world. Today, he lives in Westchester County, New York, with his husband, mother, and twin sons.
Connect with the author on his Website, on Facebook, on the Imperia Facebook Page or on Goodreads.
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Giveaway
Jason will be awarding a $40 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour! Enter below.
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Thank you for hosting, and for your interest in my work!
Thanks for the giveaway. May you be blessed with health, wealth, and love in the New Year.
Thank you very much! I love the excerpt and can’t wait to read more.
Thank You for the giveaway,wishing You all the best in the New Year.
Thanks for hosting!
Thank you so much for this great giveaway! ;)